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International Seminar for PhD Students in Finance, Tax Management and Tax Law hosted by Professor Martin Wenz at the University of Liechtenstein


On 11 February 2011, the 6th International Seminar for PhD Students in Finance, Tax Management and Tax Law took place at the University of Liechtenstein under the guidance of Professor Martin Wenz.

On 11 February 2011, the 6th International Seminar for PhD Students in Finance, Tax Management and Tax Law took place at the University of Liechtenstein under the guidance of Professor Martin Wenz.

As part of this academic discussion forum, the junior scientists were given the opportunity to present their intentions for their dissertations, and to take part in a critical discussion with the other participants.

PhD students at the University of Liechtenstein, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich and the University of Neuchâtel presented their intended dissertations and research projects.

From the University of Liechtenstein, Bernhard Brielmaier, scientific employee and PhD student under the Chair for Tax Management and the Laws of Liechtenstein and International Taxation (Professor Martin Wenz), explained the ideas for his intended dissertation on international taxation of capital income and financial instruments in Europe.

From the LMU in Munich, Michael Polaschek, MBR, scientific employee and PhD student under the Chair for General Business Administration, Business Taxation and Tax Law (Professor Manuel R. Theisen), went into selected aspects of his intended dissertation concerning subjective and objective qualification conflicts for direct investments in the USA.

Vikram Chand, LL.M., scientific employee at the Center of Commercial, Fiscal and Innovation Law at the University of Neuchâtel, presented results from a research project on the subject “Cross border secondment of employees – A special focus on Article 15 par. 2 No. b OECD Model Convention”.

Gabriele Daisenberger, MBR, external project member at the Chair for Tax Management and the Laws of Liechtenstein and International Taxation at the University of Liechtenstein, and external PhD student at the Chair for General Business Administration, Business Taxation and Tax Law at the LMU in Munich, presented her dissertation concept on the influence of taxation on the succession planning of internationally operating corporations.